Human Rights and Social Work

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of social work and human rights. 3. Human rights and social accountability. 4. Social work and human rights. 5. New paradigm for social work. 6. Principles of social work and human rights. 7. Human rights in social work education. 8. Sociological and cultural human rights. 9. Development of social work and human rights. 10. Political and sociological activism of human rights. 11. Social work and technical instrumentalism. 12. Democracy and citizenship. 13. Economic social and cultural rights of international rights. Bibliography. Index.

Although many books are available on this topic but this book is meant for those students and research scholars who wants to know deeps into this subject. The social work profession could better attain its goals by encouraging the study of human rights a foundation in human rights would provide a clearer framework with which to link the profession to economic political and social aims. Human rights are specific privileges and can more readily be applied to a social work situation than the often confusing notion of social or economic justice both of which tend to bog down in needs based theories. The establishment of a U.S. Human Rights Commission would be one way to monitor the governments compliance with international human rights treaties. The profession of social work around the world is taking steps to develop a more uniform approach for a global perspective. (jacket)